Jon Wool, who spent 12 years in New Orleans working to improve the criminal-justice system, died Dec. 18 at New York ...

The California Racial Justice Act (RJA) is a meaningful step toward addressing racial discrimination in the criminal legal ...

The BOP has never seen changes like this in such a short period of time. 2025 was a year that sets the agency up for ...

His decision to retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch signaled a degree of capitulation, but there are issues and decisions to come that will reveal Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s commitment to ...

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned for president in 2016 in part by styling himself as a tough-on-crime contender who, if elected, would institute a national anti-crime agenda, crack down on ...

Illinois introduces new laws in 2023 covering tenant rights, criminal justice reform, and personal data protection for public ...

A pair of handcuffs poking through prison bars. Most bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system failed in the session, though advocates were encouraged by the progress of some proposals.

It seems like only yesterday that criminal justice reform was in vogue. Progressives were being elected as prosecutors. Laws were passed to relieve prison overcrowding and divert offenders from the ...

As pundits compete to explain the results of this year's presidential election, a familiar narrative has emerged about local election results: the notion that voters have delivered a wholesale ...

Americans support stricter criminal measures and homelessness reform, according to a new poll by The Cicero Institute. The ...

Between both caucuses in the Iowa House, issues like property taxes, criminal justice reform, and affordability are top ...